susu and fefe came

hazel made a fort with the fireplace screen as a door

and of course hazel needed her susu in there ;)

 we went to sus's favorite place ever

the zoo!

it was really nice out

we had a picnic near the giraffes

 doctor felix

 crazy hazel

 i love them in the wagon so much

 we went to the mall to get sus yoga pants

and i was a super mom/aunt

holding both babies at once!

 we did a photo shoot at platt park

and seriously...i took like a gajillion pics

and just editing down to these was dumb. there were so many cute ones.

 sus said felix was laughing hysterically while hazel was running

hazel's face kills me

 i love this one

how felix is like ahhhh get me away form this crazy person

and hazel is like huh?

 what a ham.

 this is how we roll

 on the way to the airport we stopped at pbc for bf

it was snowing like crazy and they had a 2 hour delay.

it took us forever to get there

and i was so sad to see them go

the only reason i could do it is that i will see them for christmas.

 our christmas card!

still in lawrence

while we were at alysons house,

gabe caught a katydid

hazel held it ;)

i seriously don't know what was happening here

on the way home hazel was coloring

and i look back and there is marker ALL OVER her face and arms.

great.

lawrence visit

after work saturday, i went to bed early after i packed the car up.

i woke up at 4am to drive to kansas to see sus and fefe.

i scoured pinterest for how to travel alone with a toddler...

and came up with:

pretty much have a billion different things available

prizes to unwrap every 30 min if need be

snacks

movies (of course the dvd player broke, but we had the ipad)

toys that she hadn't seen in awhile

and a new baby

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i woke H up and we headed out, about 30 min late... but oh well.

she fell asleep for about 3 more hours, 

and i stopped halfway, Hays I think

we got a snack and played and got back in the car.

she was a champ, and we made it to the next big stop (whatever that was)

and got more food and played.

she fell asleep until right before we made it to sus's house.

she was amazing.

it really made we think, man we could do this a lot!!!!

 she was so excited to see her fefe

 we played in the water at alyson's house

and then headed to the big pool!!!!

mom hadnt made it yet.

 then momma got here!

we played bubbles, did a chia pet with chris, and ate sushi for dinner!

hazel didn't leave any edemame for us :(

 the next day we headed to kansas city

we dressed fefe all up :)

we ended up taking almost all this stuff off

bc he was getting too hot :)

 i can't remember the name of where we ate lunch

but it was delish

and everybody liked their food they ordered the best!

hazel had hummus.

 felix, you are so cool!

 hazel and i tried on matching hats...

they were toddler sized...

at the gap.

 then we headed to Glace for the best ice cream ever!!!!
between me, hazel, sus, and mom we ate 11 scoops!

 hazel fell asleep on the way home.

 then, instead of going to the pool,

we played in the sprinkler with the chickens.

 the next day we walked around lawrence

we went into the coolest toy store

i wanted to stay all day,

but it was getting to be dinner time.

so we walked to the burger place.

i snapped this pic of hazel in her dress from uncle dd.

 gosh, can these kiddos get any cuter!

it was a great trip

and i can't wait for another!